STOCKTON - As Narja Goonan listened to evidence against the man accused of killing her sister, all the memories from the two months Dalene Carlson was missing rushed back.

"I feel pain when I see him," Goonan said. "Knowing what he was capable of doing to my sister."

Day Two of the preliminary hearing for Jason Ross Gilley, 26, was held Tuesday with testimony from police detectives and a crime lab technician.

Gilley is charged with first-degree murder and special circumstances of kidnapping and rape, which make him a potential candidate for the death penalty.

Stockton police Detective Bradley Burrell testified Tuesday that Gilley had given interrogators a number of versions of the last day he saw Carlson.

Carlson, who had recently moved to Stockton with her aunt from Idaho, was last seen by relatives Aug. 6 when she went out to Finnegan's Pub and Grill in Stockton.

Gilley, brought to the police station Aug. 14 for six hours of questioning, initially told police he had only seen and talked to Carlson at Finnegan's but went home alone after his grandmother told him his son was sick, Burrell said.

His story changed various times. He eventually told investigators that he did leave the bar with Carlson; they bought alcohol and went to his house.

Gilley told investigators that he and Carlson had sex, and she became upset about it.

He said he was going to take her home, but she just jumped out of the car on California Street, near the Crosstown Freeway. He later changed the story and said he dropped her off in Modesto.

Gilley was released because prosecutors did not have evidence that a crime had occurred.

A two-month search ended when Carlson's decomposing remains were discovered Oct. 15 by a farmer plowing through a cornfield in Escalon.

After that discovery, Gilley was arrested and charged with murder.

According to ballistics tests at Central Valley Crime Lab, bullet casings found inside Carlson's body match those fired from an heirloom Jennings .22-caliber gun that belonged to Gilley.

Public defender Michael Bullard, who represents Gilley, cited research that suggests the markings made by the gun could have been made by any other similar gun.

Carlson's family said that after hearing two days of testimony, they are confident Gilley is responsible for Carlson's death.

Gilley's relatives declined to comment for this story.

The preliminary hearing continues today. At its conclusion, San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Seth Hoyt Jr. is expected to decide whether there is enough evidence to send Gilley to trial.

Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564.

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